Saturday, October 13, 2012

The Best Romantic Movie "The Last Song"


One of the best movies I ever seen was “The Last Song”. I wasn’t a fan of romantic or sad movies until my ex girl had asked me to watch The Last Song with her. I don’t think I have ever cried watching a movie until The last Song with my ex-girlfriend. The Last Song is a 2010 American coming of age teen romantic drama film developed alongside Nicholas Sparks' novel by the same name. The film was directed by Julie Anne Robinson in her feature film directorial debut and co-written by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie. The Last Song stars Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, and Greg Kinnear and follows a troubled teenager as she reconnects with her estranged father and falls in love during a summer in a quiet Southern United States beach town. The film is distributed by Touchstone Pictures. At seventeen, Veronica "Ronnie" Miller (Miley Cyrus) remains as rebellious as she was the day her parents divorced and her father moved to North Carolina three years prior. Once a classical piano child prodigy under the tutelage of her father, Steve Miller (Greg Kinnear), Ronnie now ignores the instrument and has not spoken with her father since he left. While Juilliard School has been interested in her since she was young, Ronnie refuses to attend. Steve, the father has the chance to reconnect with his estranged daughter when her mother, Kim Miller (Kelly Preston) sends the rebellious teen and her younger brother, Jonah (Bobby Coleman), to spend the summer with him. Steve, a former Juilliard School professor and concert pianist, lives a quiet life in Wrightsville Beach, the small beach town in North Carolina where he grew up, working on a stained glass window for the local church to replace the one the church lost in a fire. According to the locals, it was Steve who had (accidentally) set fire to the church one night. After arrival, Ronnie becomes miserable, defiant, and defensive toward all those around her, including handsome, popular Will Blakelee (Liam Hemsworth) whose introduction involved crashing into her during a volleyball match. As Ronnie falls in love with Will, she also manages to form a better and stronger bond with her father. As their relationship deepens, Will invites her to his sister's wedding but later that day her father collapses. Ronnie immediately has Steve rushed to a hospital and learns that he has stomach cancer that has spread to his lungs. She decides to start spending more time with her father since he is unlikely to survive much longer. Around the same time, Ronnie and Will get into an argument after Will confesses that Scott, his best friend, had actually set fire to the church. She is outraged that he let everyone believe that her father was the immoral. With Will soon leaving for college, there is no time to patch things up. I think this movie is an excellent romantic movie to watch with a love one.

2 comments:

  1. The Last Song, is an all time favorite of mine. When the movie first came out I watched it multiple times because it was a meaningful film. Not only was it a love story, but it showed a meaning to family too. It’s great that you like this film. Many guys wouldn’t sit down and watch this movie just by looking at the cover, but I haven’t heard one bad thing about this film, and i don’t plan to. You have a great description of the film and leave out little detail which is great too. This doesn’t have a review of people’s opinion on the movie, but i can hands down say it was a great film. They used the best actors for every part. Great job.

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  2. Hi Bryan, I think that it's really cute that this movie made you cry. The meaning of family is very strong in this film. It's commendable that a young man such as yourself sat down, watched the full extent of this movie, and even cried to it. This review is a great one, I believe. I personally have not finished watching The Last Song, but I've heard many great things about it. I guess I'll have to make time to watch it again, hopefully when I'm not tired and about to fall asleep like last time.

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